Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What is science?
- 3 Choices, choices, choices
- 4 The adviser and thesis committee
- 5 Questions drive research
- 6 Giving direction to our work
- 7 Turning challenges into opportunities
- 8 Ethics of research
- 9 Using the scientific literature
- 10 Communication
- 11 Publishing a paper
- 12 Time management
- 13 Writing proposals
- 14 The scientific career
- 15 Applying for a job
- 16 Concluding remarks
- Appendix A Further reading
- Appendix B A sample curriculum
- Appendix C The Refer and BibTeX format
- References
- About the authors
- Index
Appendix A - Further reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What is science?
- 3 Choices, choices, choices
- 4 The adviser and thesis committee
- 5 Questions drive research
- 6 Giving direction to our work
- 7 Turning challenges into opportunities
- 8 Ethics of research
- 9 Using the scientific literature
- 10 Communication
- 11 Publishing a paper
- 12 Time management
- 13 Writing proposals
- 14 The scientific career
- 15 Applying for a job
- 16 Concluding remarks
- Appendix A Further reading
- Appendix B A sample curriculum
- Appendix C The Refer and BibTeX format
- References
- About the authors
- Index
Summary
There are many books on the market with advice for graduate students and other researchers. Some are listed here in various categories.
General advice for graduate students:
Bloom, D.F., Karp, J.D., & Cohen, N. (1998). The Ph.D. Process, A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences. New York: Oxford University Press.
This is the book for every graduate student in the physical sciences to read.
Bolker, J. (1998). Writing your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day. New York: Henry Holt and Company LLC.
Booth, W.C., Williams, J.M., & Coulomb, G.C. (2003). The Craft of Research, 2nd edn, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Davis, G.B. & Parker, C.A. (1997). Writing the Doctoral Dissertation. New York: Barron's Educational Series Inc.
Feibelman, P.J. (1993). A Ph.D. is Not Enough! A Guide to Survival in Science. Cambridge MA: Perseus Publishing.
Medawar, P.B. (1979). Advice to a Young Scientist. Basic Books.
http://www.basicbooks.com.
Peters, R.L. (1997). Getting What You Came For, The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D., revised edn, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
The scientific method:
Gauch, H.G., Jr. (2003). Scientific Method in Practice. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Goldstein, I.F. & Goldstein, M. (1984). The Experience of Science. New York: Plenum Press.
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- The Art of Being a ScientistA Guide for Graduate Students and their Mentors, pp. 261 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009